Culinary utensil.



E. T. FARMER.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED APR.14,`19 0s.

915,577. l Patented Ma1-.16,1909.

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UNTE SAFE@ ATENT FFC.

EDWIN T. FARMER, OF CARTHAGE, MISSOURI.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN T. FARMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carthage, in the county of Jasperv and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements in Culinary Utensils, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in culinary utensils, beingparticularly directed to an implement in the use of which the mashing ofvegetables, such as potatoes, may b e accomplished in an efficient andexpedit1ous manner.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a potatomasher in which the operative sectionis constructed entirely of a singlelength of material so divided as to impart two distinct crushingoperations to the material in a single movement of the implement.

The invention will be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a potato masher constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on line2-2 of Fig. l.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, my improved potatomasher is made up in so far as the operating parts are concerned of asingle length of material, as a section of wire 1.

In the form illustrated the material is bent at one end to provide ahandle loop 2, from which the material is projected for an appropriatedistance to provide a stem 3. At the lower end of the stem the materialis bent in the form of a helical spring 4, the coils 5 of which increasein diameter respectively toward the lower end of the spring, therelative sizes of the respective coils being immaterial except that theymust be of such size that each particular coil is adapted to fit withinthe next lower adjacent coil when pressure is applied, so that in so faras the spring portion of the implement is concerned pressure upon thelowermost coil, or upon the handle, will cause the respective coils tofit one within the other and present a single face at the bottom of thespring having a series of convoluted strands. From the lowermost coil ofthe spring section the material is projected in the form of an extendedcoil 6, the diametricallyopposite portions of which are on a plane atSpecification o Letters Patent.

Application filed April 14, 1908.

Patented Marc-l1 16, 1909.

Serial No. 427,078.

an angle to the vertical plane of the implement so that the terminal ofthe coil 6 is spaced from the initial point thereof a distance greatlyin excess of the distance between the coils 5 of the spring ll. At theterminal ofthe coil 6 the material is formed into a main spring portion7, in the formation of which portion the material is made up of a seriesof convolutions 8 disposed in the same plane, as clearly shown in Fig.2. The juncture of the coil 6 with the first or main convolution of thespring portion 7 is preferably secured against accidental displacementby a clip 9, so as to maintain the convolutions 8 in a horizontal plane.The main spring portion 7 constitutes what will'be hereinafter termedthe main crushing section of the implement, while the spring portion lconstitutes what will be hereinafter termed the auxiliary crushingportion of the implement. By virtue of the extended coil 6 disposedbetween the main and auxiliary crushing portions, it is obvious that inuse pressure applied to the handle portion of the implement will causethe auxiliary crushing portion thereof to be forced downward onto themain crushing portion, the coils of the auxiliary crushing portion underthe essential pressure arranging themselves in a proximately ahorizontal plane and there y forming in eifect an auxiliary crusher,which, at the point of its most eiiicient operation, is practically aduplicate of the main crusher, except that the convolute lengths of theauxiliary crusher when so arranged are much closer together than are theconvolute lengt-hs of the main Crusher.

The use of the implement is obvious, it being understood that pressureapplied to the handle portion will secure an initial though somewhatcoarse mashing of the material by the engagement of the main crushingportion with such material. Continued pressure subjects the material,initially operated on by the main Crusher and forced between theconvolutions of said main crusher, to the action of the auxiliarycrusher. `A double crushing action is thus effected in a single movementof the implement, and by virtue of this double action the material ismore efliciently and quickly reduced to the desired state than wouldotherwise be the case.

While preferring that the implement be constructed of a single length ofmaterial throughout, it is, of course, obvious that the presentinvention will be equally eilective by inserting the stem 3 of theimplement in auxiliar)T handle member of wood or other material.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is: n

l. A potato crusher including a main crushing section and an auxiliarycrushing section, said sections being arranged one below the other forsuccessive ei'l'ect upon the material in the operation of the crusher.

2. A potato Crusher including a main crushing section and an auxiliarycrushing section, said sections being arranged in superimposed relation,and a spring connection between the sections.

3. A potato Crusher comprising a main crushing section including aspring member having the convolutions arranged in the same plane, and anauxiliary crushing section including a spring member of helical form,the main auxiliary crushing sections being arranged in superimposedrelation.

4. A potato masher made up of a single length of material formed toprovide a stem, a helical spring member, an open spring coil below saidspring member, and a crushing member of convolute form arranged belowthe helical spring member and having the convolutions arranged in thesame plane.

5. A potato Crusher including a handle, an auxiliary crushing sectioncarried at the lower end ol' the handle, and a main crushing sectionarranged below and carried by the auxiliary crushing section.

A potato crusher including h andle, an auxiliary crushing sectionarranged at the lower end of the handle, a main crushing sectionarranged below the auxiliary crushing section, and a spring connectingthe main and auxiliary crushing section.

7. A potato crusher comprising a handle, an auxiliary crushing sectionarranged at the lower end of the handle and including a spring member ofhelical form, and a main f crushing section arranged below and carriedby the auxiliary crushing section, said main crushing section includinga spring member having the convolutions arranged in the same plane.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN T. FARMER. Witnesses:

J. H. l"iYrLBUr-z,

H. F. GRIDER.

